Cold Chicken Satay Noodles

Cold Chicken Satay Noodles - MYOTO

I cheated. I did! I think it takes a strong to person to admit that they cheated. I made this dish in the afternoon on Wednesday, not in the evening. Who doesn't have the hussle and bussle of their daily life? I can thank my mother for my obsession with scheduling! Greg on the other hand thinks it's funny to suggest planning to take a shower three weeks in advance because he's so not a planner. It's his way of telling me I am anal with my scheduling.

So, I knew that I had to work all day and then go to Parker's basketball game from which I would not be home until after 7pm. Now don't get me wrong, I have cooked much later 7pm before, but it is nice to not have to worry about cooking, cleaning up, eating so late.

So I made these noodles. They were DELISH! They are made with whole wheat pasta, only a bit of peanut butter and then soy sauce, veggies, chicken. IT was great. I added green peppers and instead of shredding the carrots, I just cut up some baby carrots. While I love cooking, if I can cut some time out, then trust me, I do it. It's important to let the noodles dance with the sauce, chicken and veggies for about an hour in the fridge. Once that's done, they are good to eat. The chicken I used was packaged rotisere chicken that was on sale. Already cooked, already seasoned, low in calories and fat.

The noodles are good warm too. This would be a great side say without the chicken and a teryaki or sesame chicken off the grill. This meal tasted as good as those high calorie, high fat and high salt cold noodles with sesame sauce from the chinese restaurants which is why I called it MYOTO (as Rachael says - Make your Own Take Out.)

We have 7 Layer Slider Burgers on the menu next...

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